EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1800; LOTTIE MOON P/73

 

In this story and in the next one I will go back to evangelical women who lived in the first half of 1800 because I believe these two women deserve to have their stories told. The first woman is named Lottie Moon. She lived from 1840 - 1912. Lottie was born in Virginia, where she grew up on Viewmont Plantation, not far from Monticello. 

From a wealthy family, Lottie enjoyed the advantages of an outstanding education and became one of the first women in the South to complete coursework for a master's degree. She knew seven different languages and sometimes read the New Testament in its original Greek.

The death of  Lottie's father and the Civil War hurt the fortunes of the Moon family and Lottie began working as a teacher. As a young woman, she also committed her life to Christ. When the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board appointed her younger sister Edmonia as a missionary to China, Lottie took note. Now that the board had begun sending you single women overseas, Lottie wanted to be part of this group.